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SME Fund 2026 – Ideas Powered for Business

Description

To support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed individuals in protecting their industrial and intellectual property assets through a voucher program that partially covers the costs associated with registering rights such as trademarks, designs, patents, and plant varieties.

The goal is to strengthen European companies’ competitiveness, capacity for innovation, and market position.

Beneficiaries
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including self-employed individuals, established in the European Union, across all sectors of activity, including the biotechnology sector.
  • Companies that have received funding through the program in previous years may reapply for the 2026 call for proposals, provided they meet the established eligibility requirements.
Dates and deadlines
  • The assistance is provided in the form of vouchers to cover fees and costs associated with the protection of industrial and intellectual property assets, including:
  • Trademark and Design Registration
    • National Patent Applications
    • Prior Art Search
    • European Patents
    • Related legal costs
    • Community Protection of Plant Varieties

Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until available funds are exhausted.

Budget

The maximum eligible amounts per activity are:

  • Trademark or Design Grant: 700 €
  • Voucher for national patents and prior art searches: €1,000
  • Grant for European patents and legal costs: €2,500
  • Fee for Community Plant Variety Protection: 1,500 €

 

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